"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention."

The sailors said to one another, "Come on, let's cast lots to find out whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us." So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out.

They said to him, "Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us? What's your occupation? Where do you come from? What's your country? And who are your people?"

When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the Lord, and my prayer came to your holy temple.